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A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon during the Age of Sail.
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cutlasses use used sword blade short navy weapon often pirates caribbean us single-edged leadcutter sabre hilt early common french knife
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutlass | Blade type | Single-edged | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | Hilt type | Cup hilted guards, half-basket cup guards, and branch guards were commonly seen with cylindrical hilts and wire-wrapped hilts which are common and found on most cutlasses. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | In service | 17th, 18th, 19th, and early 20th century | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | Length | 28 to 32 in (71 to 81 cm) (leadcutter cutlasses were up to 36 in (91 cm) in length). | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | Place of origin | Europe | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | Type | Sword (short sabre, single-edged) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | Used by | Sailors, pirates, and privateers | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cutlass | is a | short | 0.90 | text |
| Cutlass | is a | 17th-century descendant of the edged short sword | 0.90 | text |
| Cutlass | related to Etymology | The | 0.60 | section |
| Cutlass | related to Etymology | English | 0.60 | section |
| Cutlass | related to Etymology | French | 0.60 | section |
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